Biscuit Definition

bĭskĭt
biscuits
noun
biscuits
A small cake of shortened bread leavened with baking powder or soda.
American Heritage
A crisp, unleavened wafer; cookie or cracker.
Webster's New World
A thin, crisp cracker.
American Heritage
A quick bread, made light by baking powder, soda, or yeast, and baked in small pieces.
Webster's New World
Any of these pieces.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Biscuit

Noun

Singular:
biscuit
Plural:
biscuits

Origin of Biscuit

  • Middle English bisquit from Old French biscuit from Medieval Latin bis coctus Latin bis twice dwo- in Indo-European roots Latin coctus past participle of coquere to cook pekw- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From bisket, from Old French bescuit (French: biscuit).

    From Wiktionary

Biscuit Sentence Examples

  • Singapore has also establishments for tinning pineapples, and a large biscuit factory.

  • He grabbed a butter knife and began spreading jelly on a biscuit.

  • This biscuit has great fiber and flavor, and is a healthy treat for your dog.

  • The officers were hurriedly drinking tea and breakfasting, the soldiers, munching biscuit and beating a tattoo with their feet to warm themselves, gathering round the fires throwing into the flames the remains of sheds, chairs, tables, wheels, tubs, and everything that they did not want or could not carry away with them.

  • After you brush the biscuit tops, return them to the oven to bake for another ten minutes.

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Words Starting With

BBIBIS

Words Ending With

TITUIT

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Words Starting With B and Ending With T

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With B7 Letter Words Ending With T